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  • A program of the Ontario Council of Agencies Serving Immigrants (OCASI).
  • Funded by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)

 

Starting March 31, 2025, the WelcomeOntario.ca website will no longer be updated. After more than 9 years of supporting privately sponsored refugees content will soon move to Settlement.Org for refugees and private sponsors and SettlementAtWork.Org for sector information.

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Our history

In November 2015, responding to the humanitarian crisis in Syria, Canada launched the “Operation Syrian Refugees”, aiming to welcome more than 25,000 Syrian refugees in 100 days through different resettlement programs.

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About OCASI

OCASI was formed in 1978 to act as a collective voice for immigrant serving agencies and to coordinate responses to shared needs and concerns.

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